Interlaboratory quality control program

Interlaboratory quality control program

Analysis of the percentage of asbestos in bulk materials

A laboratory that determines the percentage of asbestos in bulk metals and that has been chosen as service provider for this type of analysis must participate in an interlaboratory quality control program. The IRSST establishes a list of laboratories participating in this type of control.

Recognized interlaboratory quality control programs

When a laboratory uses IRSST analytical method 244 – Characterization of fibres in deposited dusts or in bulk materials by polarized light microscopy, it must participate in one of the following interlaboratory studies:

When a laboratory uses the ELAP 198.4 method - Transmission Electron Microscope Method for Identifying and Quantitating Asbestos in Non-Friable Organically Bound Bulk Samples, it must participate in the following interlaboratory study:

Maintaining recognition

For each participation in one of the interlaboratory study programs mentioned above, a laboratory registered in the IRSST recognition program must submit the proficiency certificate issued by this program's manager, within two weeks of the date of result delivery specified on the calendar. Failure to comply will result in one's name be removed from the IRSST's site. The means of document transmission are the same as for the initial registration.

For more information

Any request for information regarding this program can be forwarded to the following address: [email protected] or to the program's manager: